Nissan Australia's chief executive and managing director, Bill Peffer, says it is not just replacements but additions that are ahead, with a new model arriving roughly every two-and-a-half months.

The X-Trail, Dualis, Pathfinder and Navara are "who we are today ... unless we bring new products to market”, Peffer says. “Eventually we'll get through replacing the entire range.”

Other new additions look set to include the Juke crossover, which has been on the drawing board for almost two years.

The Juke is already on sale in New Zealand, priced from $NZ31,990 ($25,430).

The NV200 commercial van and people-mover range would help fill a gap in the Nissan line-up. There is also an electric version of that vehicle that would expand Nissan's electric footprint from being focused just on the Leaf plug-in.

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Peffer says he is still eager to make Nissan the number one import-only brand in Australia, despite Mazda currently leading the race and both brands growing above trend. The Australian car market is up 9.4 per cent this year, while Nissan is up 16.0 per cent and Mazda 18.1 per cent.

“It's dependent on two variables – one is how you go, and the other is how your competition goes in an environment that's pretty stable,” Peffer says.

“It's a mature market. I don't see anything in the next five to 10 years that is going to either cause the car industry to explode, like you have in some developing countries, or implode.”